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School committee approves $140,058.20 bill roll, authorizes $87,000 in transfers and FY27 actions
Summary
The school committee approved a $140,058.20 bill roll, approved a sequence of end-of-year budget transfers to close lines (about $87,000), authorized the superintendent to act for summer FY27 and accepted FY27 grants and federal school meal participation.
The School Committee approved a bill roll totaling $140,058.20 and carried a package of end-of-year budget transfers and authorizations at its meeting.
The Superintendent presented the bill roll and summarized the largest items were tuition and out-of-district placements, transportation and cafeteria charges. "Total, it was a $140,058.20," the Superintendent said. Committee member (S4) moved to approve the bill roll; the motion was seconded and the committee approved it by voice vote.
Members then approved a series of line-item transfers the Superintendent described as cleanup needed to produce a balanced fiscal-year close. The transfers moved funds into contracted special-education services, substitutes and other lines where costs exceeded budget. The committee approved motions to transfer approximately $20,006.56 from occupational-therapy salaries to SPED contracted services, $6,500 from evaluations to SPED contracted services, $760 from tutoring to SPED contracted services, $5,152 from technology services to technology salary, $17,503 from paid salaries to special-ed aid salaries, $1,517 from textbooks to library supplies, $33,360 from special-ed teacher salaries to substitutes, $500 from student-body accounts to student-body salaries, $754 from professional development to teacher longevity and $300 from health services to health supplies. Each motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
The Superintendent said the transfers reflected both contract-driven costs (a contracted special-services director) and higher substitute usage after a midyear resignation. He noted the transfers discussed would allow moving roughly $87,002 that night, with a brief follow-up meeting scheduled to finalize any remaining items.
The committee also approved three administrative authorizations presented together: empowering the superintendent to carry out routine actions during the summer months for fiscal year 2027, accepting FY27 grant funds "as presented here," and authorizing participation in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program. Each authorization passed by voice vote after a committee motion and second.
The committee scheduled a short meeting on Wednesday, June 24, to finalize remaining transfers and closed the item.
Provenance: The bill-roll presentation and vote appear in the transcript when the Superintendent presented the roll and committee members moved and voted (topicintro SEG 203, topfinish SEG 286). The transfer motions and votes are recorded across the transfer sequence (topicintro SEG 472, topfinish SEG 529). The summer/FY27 authorizations are recorded later (topicintro SEG 535, topfinish SEG 591).
